Rotifera
E393485
Rotifera is a phylum of microscopic, mostly aquatic invertebrates known for their wheel-like ciliated structures used for feeding and locomotion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rotifera canonical | 5 |
| Monogononta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3841548 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rotifera Context triple: [Lophotrochozoa, includesTaxon, Rotifera]
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A.
Nematoda
Nematoda is a diverse phylum of elongated, unsegmented roundworms found in nearly every habitat on Earth, many of which are important parasites of plants, animals, and humans.
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B.
Platyhelminthes
Platyhelminthes is a phylum of simple, soft-bodied, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates commonly known as flatworms, which includes both free-living and parasitic species.
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C.
Excavata
Excavata is a major supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a ventral feeding groove and often modified mitochondria, including many free-living flagellates and important parasites.
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D.
Branchiostoma
Branchiostoma is a genus of small, fish-like lancelets that are key model organisms in evolutionary biology for understanding the early evolution of chordates.
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E.
Hexagrammidae
Hexagrammidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as greenlings, found primarily in the North Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rotifera Target entity description: Rotifera is a phylum of microscopic, mostly aquatic invertebrates known for their wheel-like ciliated structures used for feeding and locomotion.
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A.
Nematoda
Nematoda is a diverse phylum of elongated, unsegmented roundworms found in nearly every habitat on Earth, many of which are important parasites of plants, animals, and humans.
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B.
Platyhelminthes
Platyhelminthes is a phylum of simple, soft-bodied, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates commonly known as flatworms, which includes both free-living and parasitic species.
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C.
Excavata
Excavata is a major supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a ventral feeding groove and often modified mitochondria, including many free-living flagellates and important parasites.
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D.
Branchiostoma
Branchiostoma is a genus of small, fish-like lancelets that are key model organisms in evolutionary biology for understanding the early evolution of chordates.
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E.
Hexagrammidae
Hexagrammidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as greenlings, found primarily in the North Pacific Ocean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
phylum
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bodyCavity | pseudocoelom ⓘ |
| bodyCovering | cuticle ⓘ |
| bodyRegion |
foot
ⓘ
head ⓘ trunk ⓘ |
| bodySymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| cellularity | multicellular ⓘ |
| clade |
Protostomia
ⓘ
Spiralia ⓘ |
| commonName | rotifers ⓘ |
| containsClass |
Bdelloidea
ⓘ
Monogononta ⓘ
linked to:
Rotifera
Seisonidea ⓘ |
| describedAs | microscopic invertebrates ⓘ |
| diet |
algae
ⓘ
bacteria ⓘ detritus ⓘ |
| digestiveSystem | complete digestive tract ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| ecologicalRole |
component of freshwater zooplankton
ⓘ
planktonic grazer ⓘ |
| eggType |
amictic eggs
ⓘ
mictic eggs ⓘ |
| excretorySystem | protonephridia ⓘ |
| feedingStructure | corona of cilia ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Paleozoic era (fossil record sparse) ⓘ |
| habitat |
aquatic environment
ⓘ
damp terrestrial habitats ⓘ freshwater ⓘ marine environment ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion |
cilia-based swimming
ⓘ
creeping on substrates ⓘ |
| nervousSystem | simple nervous system ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
ability to form resting eggs
ⓘ
some species can survive desiccation ⓘ wheel-like ciliated structures ⓘ |
| reproduction |
asexual reproduction
ⓘ
parthenogenesis ⓘ sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| size | microscopic ⓘ |
| skeleton | hydrostatic skeleton ⓘ |
| subkingdom | Bilateria ⓘ |
| taxonRank | phylum ⓘ |
| usedIn |
aquatic ecosystem monitoring
ⓘ
ecotoxicology studies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rotifera Description of subject: Rotifera is a phylum of microscopic, mostly aquatic invertebrates known for their wheel-like ciliated structures used for feeding and locomotion.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rotifera